It's Easier Than Ever to End Up homeless

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People are working but still can't afford proper housing, causing homelessness in America to increase at a record rate.
This video incorporates interview segments with a homeless man, and relates what he says to news reports and articles from the past year. These stories combined illustrate that many people are being priced out of housing.
There are people in this country who are working as Highschool principals, accountants, firemen, and police officers, yet they cannot afford a house or apartment anywhere near the communities where they work.
As a result, many people are living in tents, hotels, campers, and garages.
If having these kind of jobs puts people at a risk of becoming homeless, then how are the people who are already homeless supposed to better their situation?
Here are the links to the stories I mentioned in the video.
My documentary about Joe
• EVICTED: the Man Who L...
News report about the DOT Accountant in Tampa
www.abcactionnews.com/news/pr...
Article about Sun Valley, Idaho
www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/us...
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@kaypacha6995 8 месяцев назад

I wish there were more people talking about this. It’s scary to know that you can be “gainfully” employed in a place like Florida and still have nowhere you can afford to live.

@TheSkete 9 месяцев назад

As I told a guy here online recently, yeah I work everyday, and have a house, but all it would take is a $300,000 medical bill. That would put anybody on the streets. I'm in Florida, home insurance is very hard to get. I don't have it. When I leave every morning I unplug all gadgets because if this house goes up I will surely be out on the street. It's a very delicate web we have woven here...

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

I hope it doesn't ever come to that for you... and that the other costs of living don't increase to such a degree as to put you under

@sentrylevel 8 месяцев назад

I used to think like that before I did some time at a local hospital. Bills came out to 100k. Through insurance, financial aide and some begging the system for help, I got 100k down to a few hundred bucks. You must be resourceful in this mad world. Life is a war zone. Do you must do to stay afloat.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

@@sentrylevel glad you were able to get that bill reduced

@udtghost3860 5 месяцев назад

Hey brother, I just found your channel. I'm already a big fan. I have to tell you the homeless problem in our country should not happen. The men and women who fought for this country deserve to have their people safe and living in a home. we do so much for other countries, and our people are suffering. Our government doesn't take care of our people . And I don't think they ever will. But your content is amazing, thank you

@ErikKSwanson 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for you comment, I appreciate it. Glad you’re enjoying my work

@White90ice 9 месяцев назад

would love to see more documentaries on homelessness. There are many untold stories. Great video btw

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m hoping to do more docs on this topic, but they will be juggled with other subjects. There is always the challenge of finding folks willing to speak with me, and ensuring I don’t disrupt their lives with my documentary

@johnharmon9466 8 месяцев назад

Great vid man, people don't know the reasons why some poor people become homeless. I see it here in the UK all day, people have lost someone or lost a job or are suffering with mental health problems. As a human race I'm disgusted the way some homeless are treated, I'm a health professional and see them when they become my patients it makes me shed many tears to hear their stories. As we know 'there but for the grace of God go I' God bless them all and god bless you Eric for highlighting this issue, thank you.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, I appreciate it. Unfortunately too many people just dismiss homeless as all lazy drug addicts, but the answer is never that easy.

@RMJ1984 8 месяцев назад

I'm definitely worried about the future as well. Because everything is going up, rent, utility costs, food costs. And yet salary is either either stagnant or not going up enough, which means every single year you are losing money. It's not uncommon here to have to spend 50-60% of your salary just to apart a basic 2 room apartment. I definitely feel for these people and always try and go out of my way to help the homeless i meet, if they need some clothes, food, water etc. Great video as always.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, I appreciate it. It really is a sad state of affairs. Like you said cost of living keeps increasing, but wages aren't. It's no wonder so many industries are striking lately.

@holly8781 22 дня назад

Thank you for educating us on this topic. We need more videos like this!

@CentralFloridaBigfoot 9 месяцев назад

Just watched. AWARENESS is key- like to see you using your super power for good.

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it... trying to put out some positivity and real information in my eclectic variety of videos. People are bickering about nonsense when the real struggle is being able to just live

@ensabahnur7657 9 месяцев назад

Exactly!

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Hopefully people who think all the homeless are lazy will watch this, or come across some of these news reports

@423alonso 9 месяцев назад

May God bless them all, i really hope this video gets billions of views because is just about the most realistic and truthful video in the internet ....

@oculus1857 9 месяцев назад

Amen

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you're right, because a lot of people are unaware, or unwilling to accept just how bad it is in this country, and I'm sure across the planet.

@vapete1237 9 месяцев назад

Having watched the previous episodes with Joe, I think its time that the better off of 'society' dug a little bit deeper in their hearts and pockets. Homelessness is Hopelessness and things spiral out of control rather quickly when someone experiences one or both of these emotions thru no fault of their own. Sure there are many exceptions to the rule when narcotics, alcohol and violence are tossed into the mix, but the security, well-being, and mental health struggles of any person must be tolerated with a view to breaking a cycle of damnation. It's obvious to me that local government aren't interested in helping the homeless and would rather sweep the undesirables of the City, State or whatever under the carpet and do nothing. I know and have experienced Homelessness in and around many Towns and Cities around the UK and other than Hostels,Cheap hotels and the like, NOTHING is being done to support the Homeless and rough sleepers whatsoever .. Kinda sad .. Fantastic post as always, Erik.

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it... and thanks for your perspective on the topic. I'm afraid it will need to get to the point where working class people abandon jobs in certain towns because they can't afford to live within reasonable commuting distance. Once there are no teachers, firemen, police, etc. then the problem will be noticed.

@wijtweeun Месяц назад

I like your videos Erik. Greatings from The Netherlands.

@ErikKSwanson Месяц назад

Thanks, glad you’re enjoying them

@the_bait_shop 9 месяцев назад

it's scary. . I have a Federal job. . make descent money ,full time permanent employee. . however. If I hadn't purchased my home 14 years ago, which was a foreclosure and I got it for a huge deal, I could easily be homeless along with my family. How? because the housing market in my area currently requires $2K a month for rent or about the same if I bought a home right now. That is over half my take-home pay for the month. . . I could never afford my rent, gas, insurance, food (just the basics) if I had to pay $2K a month for rent. it just wouldn't work. And I don't even have a car payment, everything I own is paid off. . but just to pay the new rents that I see around town would put me on the street.

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

I read an article last year that the national average was $2k per month for rent. I'm sure it has only gone up since then. And obviously some areas a much more than that. someone told me the other day they saw a one bedroom apartment for $2,700 the next town over from me. I don't see how anyone can afford that and also gas, food, etc. You need to be rich these days just to live in a crappy small apartment

@Cr4nched 9 месяцев назад

High quality content as always. Keep up the good work Erik

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, I appreciate it

@bogus4891 8 месяцев назад

Hey, I love your videos, you do a lot of good things! Grettings from Poland!

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, I appreciate it. Glad you’re enjoying my work.

@Vyolette13 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for your documentaries and for speaking with folks like Joe. I always look forward to seeing your work, your effort presenting things with empathy and compassion is appreciated.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, that’s very kind

@danielkopschinski8215 8 месяцев назад

I know a guy working as an engineer in a space company in Los Angeles. He has to share a apartment with a collegue, because rent is too expensive.. for a damn rocket scientist!!!

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Wow. Its out of control

@ohdannyboy4727 8 месяцев назад

Our elders deserve to be housed. A society that cant at least take care of their elderly is a piss poor one. My co workers have so much hate to homeless people. But they sure dont have any solutions. No sympathy till it happens to you. It just might, no one is safe. Even the wealthy. Have a little sympathy. What, once you cant afford to live your no longer human? Thats how homeless are treated. Ill maybe be there one day. Or you. Doesnt matter how hard you work.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely. Certainly some folks aren’t helping themselves, but circumstances aren’t helping either. That woman in Florida said she is a SENIOR accountant, and couldn’t afford to get an apartment for her and her kids

@ohdannyboy4727 8 месяцев назад

@@ErikKSwanson yeah the number of working poor is a large one. Again one bad medical bill could destroy you. All the factors like having no address, place to shower, losing your I.D. /paperwork, losing a family member. not being able to get your medication for diabetes, blood pressure, psychosis. There are a ton of extenuating circumstances that rest of society does not even consider. They just look at the person yelling at fire hydrant as trash. Maybe that person just cant get their meds. Or a family member or someone beat them or worse. Use your imagination on how depraved humans can be. People born with cognitive and chemical imbalance are left behind. We used to put them in asylums because we didnt know what to do with them, after we could no longer lobotomise them. Sorry for such a long response. Its just thst to call ourselves a species that prizes justice and honor and freedom we sure dont seem to have a lot of compassion for the most vulnerable.

@bjay8197 7 месяцев назад

Going through the same situation. I have a full time government job that pays just barely above what a target employee makes but since housing is so expensive I have to live with grandmother and parents in order to split cost we can all afford rent. I bring home only 2000 a month and all the local rentals are 2800 a month for a 2 bedroom. Plus the high cost of food and other living necessities make it extremely difficult for your average working class

@ErikKSwanson 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing. I hope things change soon

@Mysterious-darkness Месяц назад

This world needs love.

@stevetaylor9265 9 месяцев назад

I wonder how many of these people just gave up because of the price of everything anymore. Three years ago I had a little extra money at the end of the month now I have a little month left at the end of the money.

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

I suspect that sense of desperation might contribute to some of the substance abuse

@bryanmahnke805 8 месяцев назад

powerful, tasteful work as always

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, I appreciate it

@NorthernLordEU 4 месяца назад

This is not just America. Looking at my own situation I will be homeless in April. I live in the Netherlands earning a good wage in IT consulting. But no place accept me as a tenant because I don't earn 4x the rent. The worst thing about this is is that I have a lot of money in savings. But nowhere near enough to buy something.

@ErikKSwanson 4 месяца назад

I hope you're able to find something. It really is sad that people with decent jobs can't afford to live anywhere

@deborahbarnes8377 5 месяцев назад

So sad. Ots easier than we think. Especially now days.

@MarshallMathersthe7th 4 месяца назад

2 different realities, especially between young and old. Not being able to afford a house even with a decent paying job, whilst your parents could afford a pretty large house on minimum wage.

@3dsmaxrocks699 8 месяцев назад

Exxon made 56 billion in profits last year. I'm not saying they should pay our way but gas prices don't need to be this high if they're making that kind of bank. The cost of gas causes everything else to cost too much.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

There is greed raising prices all over the place. Earlier this year the CEO or CFO (I don’t remember which) of Paramount+ said on an earnings call with investors that even though they didn’t need to raise prices, they could do it anyway since all the other streaming platforms were.

@pamelafavel6344 4 месяца назад

I was homeless for three and a half years about 16 years ago. i did have a drug addiction, which i got out of , but yeah, i was working and had a job then . When i quit the drugs i found a small room ....it was run down . I have moved many times since then and a few nice places . I was evicted because of neighbors who, for some reason, did not want me there . Now im in a bldg that's run so bad ...no one likes THESE building managers .I have been waiting 16 years for BC housing, and i want to move from here ....because of unfair rules that goes with this place . Good luck, Joe

@mishmashmedley 9 месяцев назад

I think Joe is doing the best he can in his situation. If he was in my town, he could come eat at my house every week!

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

I think you’re right. Fortunately he seems to have a few folks in his town lol out for him

@mishmashmedley 9 месяцев назад

@@ErikKSwanson looking out for him? that's good to hear

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

@@mishmashmedley I’ve heard folks say they have clothes for him, give him some work when they have it, etc

@mishmashmedley 8 месяцев назад

that's awesome!@@ErikKSwanson

@anthonywrenn4085 4 месяца назад

I sleep in my car. I have a full time job in construction. Nobody knows I’m homeless. I can’t get ahead. But I keep going.

@johndoe-lr9if 8 месяцев назад

This is what happens when a weaponized government prints more funny money in a single year than has ever been printed before.

@budbundy5021 8 месяцев назад

Waiting for this build back better to kick in. Nothings built, Nothings better. If anything things are getting worse!

@RanmaSyaoranSaotome 9 месяцев назад

The same is happening here in the UK and with how our Tory government is desperate to privatise our NHS, it will only become worse. People around the world need to realise the power they have at the ballot box to shape their world for better, or for continued worse.

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

I agree. Unfortunately people have chosen a "team" when it comes to politics. No matter how bad or ineffective a politician is they won't be voted out by their supporters because it's "my team." In the U.S. we have people in congress who have been there for decades... no matter how good their intentions might seem, they obviously aren't getting the job done, and need to be voted out no matter who's team they're on.

@RanmaSyaoranSaotome 9 месяцев назад

We have the same in the UK; tribalism devastating democracy and elderly lords falling asleep in their benches. If voters could put aside their binary views of 'left vs right', the false belief that "both parties are the same" and instead vote for policies rather than popularities, the world would be a better place. @@ErikKSwanson

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

@@RanmaSyaoranSaotome 💯

@jaybefferman2249 8 месяцев назад

It's called globalization every culture living together under Satan's rule. Multi cultural and, forced diversity hasn't worked anywhere. 😢

@KT_survival 8 месяцев назад

Wish I met those violent a holes to show them their place... My respect Joe, you're doing everything you can to live the best possible life. Stay strong. Thanks Erik for showing how good people struggle today to survive. What a 🌎, no words...

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the kind message. I’ll be sure to pass your sentiments on to Joe

@cheifciatable Месяц назад

Struggling to make ends meet myself and often contemplate the very real possibility of being employed but homeless. Trying to find a way out of the rent trap that has me shackled. With a rent increase from $825 to $1300 after the sale of the property i currently live in, it's been extremely difficult to come up with the rent every month.

@ErikKSwanson Месяц назад

Wow, that’s a huge rent hike. I hope you’re able to maintain

@bryanclark2879 9 месяцев назад

Hi there so I live in northern Nevada had a good life I am 50 years old had a good life till everything went through the roof rent was way too much for me and my girlfriend and our 15 month old baby son to afford so we live in our car and let me tell you it’s not easy but we manage to make things work cops harassing us all the time because we are down and out I live off a fixed income of 914 a month that is peanuts to live off of they have our border wide open and people coming into this country in droves while people that are born here nobody gives two shits about but if your from a different country you get the Dream package and if you are from the USA it’s o well deal with it we don’t do drugs or alcohol we are normal people this problem is very real and we need help glad someone like you care enough to put this so others can see it that while they’re our people with their comfortable lives, they don’t care about the 5% that are homeless in the streets but it’s going to be more because people like me that are poor and middle-class turn on afford these prices that they’re shoving down our throats

@ErikKSwanson 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your story. I hope things get better, and that at least the cops stop harassing you. Unfortunately they're trying to push the problem out of sight so they can pretend it doesn't exist

@SinaLaJuanaLewis 8 месяцев назад

This is insane😢

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Unfortunately wages aren’t keeping up with inflation, and not enough people want to acknowledge it

@ismewhat1234 7 месяцев назад

Sad fill bad for a great man like Joe let the man be he is clean not bugging no 1. Prayers go out to you brother hope for the best 🙏

@Mcfc2Rich 6 месяцев назад

It can easily happen to any of us

@boltholeonabudget6526 8 месяцев назад

I've got a job and can't afford to smoke but this guy can afford to. It's about what your priorities are and choosing how to live your life.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Quitting smoking isn’t going to cover rent… and it certainly won’t change the situation for the woman in Florida who works as a Senior Accountant, but still can’t afford a place, or the high school principal who can’t afford housing in her town

@boltholeonabudget6526 8 месяцев назад

I lived in a $700 van for three years that was bought with picking cans and plasma sells. During my van living I took any job I could get and saved my money. Then moved cross country to a $12,500 piece of property that I bought for cash and built a tiny home. All this was in my late 40's. For most being homeless is a choice because they just give up and want to be taken care of by others.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

@@boltholeonabudget6526 who is taking care of the homeless? If they thought people were taking care of them, they wouldn’t be sleeping on sidewalks in tents. Wouldn’t it just be better if jobs actually paid enough for people to have a place to live?

@boltholeonabudget6526 8 месяцев назад

@@ErikKSwanson I was homeless for 4 years and never slept on a sidewalk or tent, slept at the Homeless shelter for a year and then my van. I received everything I needed for a entire year to get me back on my feet.

@boltholeonabudget6526 8 месяцев назад

Jobs will never pay enough for people to live in places above their price range. Poor people can't afford to live in California and other high price areas with good weather. I moved across the country to a place where I could afford as soon as possible. People complain about 200-thousand-dollar houses but in the fly over areas in a town of 500,000 people I see nice houses for $50 and 60 thousand.@@ErikKSwanson

@Thrakus 28 дней назад

If only we dd listen to their A-team, movies like robocop. We did see gentrification as a good thing, bring in jobs, clean up the area, new places for people to live. We got sold a dream only to find the dream was not for us.

@carlosalenduran4630 5 дней назад

You want to hear my story just a little bit of it I've been homeless for 5 years living in my Corolla with my dog I got I finally found a job I was doing excellent for 2 years working in my job once the company found out that I'm homeless they got rid of me and I was almost about to get my efficiency that's how cruel people are

@ErikKSwanson 5 дней назад

Keep up the fight man. I’m sorry to hear about your struggles, but you’ll eventually find some good people willing to help

@carlosalenduran4630 5 дней назад

@@ErikKSwanson thank you so much for your support

@tuesnightmusicclub 8 месяцев назад

It's sad, but as always the elite don't care, and the millionaires are middle class now, and struggling because of promised million dollar lifestyles, and the 6 figure folks live in million dollar shacks they can't afford to fix up, and by shacks I mean stuff we used to pay maybe $10,000 for, usually need a roof and paint and stuff like that. Joe is highly intelligent, and will teach others how to live like this soon. God bless him!

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, you might be right. I never imagined these short documentaries to be tutorials, but that is the way things are heading

@Hearmeout503 8 месяцев назад

PART OF THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE STRIKING FOR MORE PAY WHICH INCREASES THE COST OF LIVING WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES !

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Those people are striking because they aren’t earning enough money to live. The problem is corporate greed. CEOs are making absurd amounts of money and raking in millions in bonuses while workers are laid off to “minimize overhead.” Homes are being bought up by investment firms instead of families, which drives up prices. Oil companies are making record profits, while fuel prices hit record highs. Maybe the corporations should pay their workers a living wage instead of giving millions in bonuses to the C suite

@Hearmeout503 8 месяцев назад

@@ErikKSwanson Basically it's greed on workers part because the more you have the more you're gonna want it never ends ! On the other hand if we would have pursued our educational CEO skills then we wouldn't be bitchin because we did ! So the bottom line is stop buying shit you can't afford and stop having so many damn kids and just live below your means .. Can't blame the man at top that made it to that level but just blame yourself for not getting ahead in your life .. Oh and by the way there are many people starving in other countries who would appreciate atleast a roof over their head and one warm meal a day with a glass of clean purified water , the kinda stuff we take for granted !

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

@@Hearmeout503 yeah, those greedy workers! I can’t believe they want to be able to afford rent and groceries! What a bunch of selfish jerks! You’re missing reality there bud… there are people in this country who can’t afford a roof over their heads, and they have jobs. Like the high school principal and her husband the teacher who had to live in a camper. Maybe we should just do away with the job of teacher and see how well we all get on. If those CEOs are so valuable, then why don’t they just make the cars themselves while the auto workers are on strike? The reality is the cars will still get made without the CEOs, and stock market investors, but not without the workers

@Hearmeout503 7 месяцев назад

@@ErikKSwanson You're missing the point ! The majority of the problem is we tend want luxury and get in debt over something you know you can't afford so no wonder they can't pay their rent .. So don't blame the CEOs because they got ahead and you just sat on your fat ass with your hand out ! We're not entitled to anything we must go out and go get it because opportunity never comes knocking !

@ErikKSwanson 7 месяцев назад

@@Hearmeout503 the people on strike ARE going out and getting it. They want to earn more money, so they’re striking to get it. In one sentence you say people should fight for what they want, then the next they should just accept their shit pay. Plenty of people just can’t afford rent or groceries - period. They’re not taking loans or whatever other nonsense you’re talking about. Do you think the teachers in the article I mentioned and linked to were living it up in their camper? Or the cops and firefighters mentioned in that article are driving a rolls Royce? No, they just don’t earn enough money to afford rent or a house where they live. There is a reason there are labor laws. If corporations were allowed to still hire children they would. If they could require 16 hour work days for 7 days a week they would. Those things used to happen. Our country isn’t seeing record levels of homelessness because people are living beyond their means. It’s because earning a living wage is not available since companies value stock prices and dividends over their employees.

@nachtorchis 8 месяцев назад

Drug addicts and mental ill people are ill ! They deserve even more compassion.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

I suspect also that in many cases substance abuse is made worse by the sense of desperation

@tuesnightmusicclub 8 месяцев назад

@@ErikKSwanson And enabling them. We are not helping them by giving them free drugs and injection sites. The elite don't care about them, it's cheaper to let them die

@3dsmaxrocks699 8 месяцев назад

Most working people are 1 paycheck away from disaster. And we're sending billions to Ukraine.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

Government could do a lot of positive things for the population with the money it spends on bombs

@anga6275 Месяц назад

homelessness is profitable. who is collecting the money?

@MichaelCarle 8 месяцев назад

They aren't homeless. They are housing challenged. You sir are canceled.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

It was bound to happen sooner or later

@tuesnightmusicclub 8 месяцев назад

Actually, some have gone beyond homeless and crossed the line to hopeless. Give them a hand and try to help them out, you usually get stabbed in the back. Give them a warm room to sleep in the winter, and they destroy it. I'm thinking the best case scenario is build more jails for criminals, and more rooms for actual homeless. More people working this way, and less people suffering somehow. It would be nice if the dollar was worth something and a woman could still look after her own children too, but the elite destroyed that.

@jaybefferman2249 8 месяцев назад

Rent is so high because taxes keep going up. We need to pay for asylum seekers , welfare and, section 8 housing. Money doesn't grow on trees. Eventually their will be no middle class.

@ErikKSwanson 8 месяцев назад

All the new high rise buildings in New York City get 20 year tax abatements. Taxes are going up for the wrong people

@jaybefferman2249 8 месяцев назад

The tax exemption was issued so they wouldn't leave NYC. Unfortunately globalization has caused the complete downfall of America and, eventually the world. Everyone living together under Satan's rule.